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with the fiscal cliff looming, president obama and barack obama; obama and house speaker boehner i should say continue to fight tooth and nail over how best to avert the automattic tax hikes and spending cuts that would go in effect, exactly two weeks from tonight. we have team fox coverage tonight with chief political correspondent carl cameron on capitol hill, where the house is set to vote on what speaker boehner calls a plan "b." but we start and you have may have seen him with the chief washington correspondent ed henry where obama insists he moved more than halfway to meet boehner. >> megyn: the democrats have given a lot to boehner and they are not ready to give more. top advisor telling me the white house believes the negotiation took a step back today. speaker boehner said it's time for a backup plan. >> our plan "b" is protect taxpayers making $1 million or less and have current rates extended. >> there there is little chance of passible in the senate. the democrats say if goalposts is getting moved. >> take the football and charlie brown episode. they jerk it away. >> 15 months
with the fiscal cliff looming, president obama and barack obama; obama and house speaker boehner i should say continue to fight tooth and nail over how best to avert the automattic tax hikes and spending cuts that would go in effect, exactly two weeks from tonight. we have team fox coverage tonight with chief political correspondent carl cameron on capitol hill, where the house is set to vote on what speaker boehner calls a plan "b." but we start and you have may have seen him with...
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obama is jewels, boehner is pumpkin and the tea party is yolanda. they're locked in a tense standoff so potentially apock liptic they have guns pointed at each other while they appear very cool. the diner has come to a standstill, which representing the nation awaiting the outcome. like those diners robbed of their wallets and peace, the nation faces uncertainly times ahead. to help sort it out we have jared ber design and peter. let's talk about these two things. unemployment and the one on one game in washington right now. does one have anything to do with the other, jared? >> well, yes, they do, although i'm still trying to work out this movie metaphor, so give me a second. as the labor market improves and i agree with you that things were definitely better in november than we expected, given the lack of apparent damage from the storm at least according to the bureau, as things improve and the underlying economy continues to show more momentum, the job market too slowly in my view but it is improving. the costs, the opportunity costs to use an ec
obama is jewels, boehner is pumpkin and the tea party is yolanda. they're locked in a tense standoff so potentially apock liptic they have guns pointed at each other while they appear very cool. the diner has come to a standstill, which representing the nation awaiting the outcome. like those diners robbed of their wallets and peace, the nation faces uncertainly times ahead. to help sort it out we have jared ber design and peter. let's talk about these two things. unemployment and the one on...
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and what woodward says in this book is that neither president obama nor house speaker john boehner handled this particularly well that they weren't able to set aside partisan politics. and rather than 23ifixing the problem, they postponed it. >> one of the things getting attention is ryan's reaction to a speech president obama gave ahead of that debt ceiling deal. >> reporter: that's right, this was in april of 2011, there was a speech that president obama gave at george washington university here in d.c., and unbeknownst to him until he arrived at the venue, paul ryan and other top house republicans were sitting in the front row to watch his speech. they had been invited by the white house. and the speech was certainly to the ears of paul ryan and his colleagues very harsh. it really hit on his budget, really his vision of where he would certainly want to take government spending. and president obama actually said at one point that it would have hurt people on medicaid, but also that it would have hit kids that have autism or down syndrome. and in this book this is something that struck m
and what woodward says in this book is that neither president obama nor house speaker john boehner handled this particularly well that they weren't able to set aside partisan politics. and rather than 23ifixing the problem, they postponed it. >> one of the things getting attention is ryan's reaction to a speech president obama gave ahead of that debt ceiling deal. >> reporter: that's right, this was in april of 2011, there was a speech that president obama gave at george washington...
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but, ultimately, this is going to require an agreement between president obama, speaker boehner, senator mcconnell, senator harry reid and leader pelosi and in some sense it is going to be the two main players are president obama and speaker boehner. my concern has been this looks like campaign time and the election wasn't over and we didn't have the prospect of going over the fiscal cliff. today the house republicans in a big development put out a plan and i am sure it is not on its face acceptable to the president and the democrats here but interestingly it has the same total number of savings and tax revenues as the president does over 10 years, $2.2 trillion. that is a lot more spending and entitlement reform in the president plan -- republican land and the democratic plan but now they can fill things in and the president has to be at the table to close the deal. he has the mandate to do it. >>neil: part of the mandate means both sides should give a little. obviously the republican plan has a debt commission feel to it but beside that i am wondering if it and tough and i know you are
but, ultimately, this is going to require an agreement between president obama, speaker boehner, senator mcconnell, senator harry reid and leader pelosi and in some sense it is going to be the two main players are president obama and speaker boehner. my concern has been this looks like campaign time and the election wasn't over and we didn't have the prospect of going over the fiscal cliff. today the house republicans in a big development put out a plan and i am sure it is not on its face...
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so this means reid, obama, boehner, and mcconnell continue to chat. >> chris cillizza, the odd dynamic, you'll correct me if i'm wrong, is that the president needs john boehner, does he not? but for boehner, where does he go? with whom can he negotiate? harry reid can't speak for the house. >> right. i would say this, i think he needs john boehner because if they do want to try this 250000 and above bill they need the republican leadership to be willing to put it on the floor for a vote, and that includes john boehner, and then the question, michael, is can they peel off 20, 25, 30 republicans. it's the exact opposite math but can they take a handful of republicans, add them to the majority of democrats, and is boehner okay with passing something like this with what would certainly be if it was the $250,000 or above a minority of the majority. so, you know, a lot of it does still lay in boehner's hands though i think his leverage is significantly reduced. does he bring the bill up and is he okay with a minority of the majority. that's not something we've seen in the modern era of the r
so this means reid, obama, boehner, and mcconnell continue to chat. >> chris cillizza, the odd dynamic, you'll correct me if i'm wrong, is that the president needs john boehner, does he not? but for boehner, where does he go? with whom can he negotiate? harry reid can't speak for the house. >> right. i would say this, i think he needs john boehner because if they do want to try this 250000 and above bill they need the republican leadership to be willing to put it on the floor for a...
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as you know president obama and john boehner spoke on the phone yesterday. sources on both sides are describing that phone conversation as tense in large part because of this issue over the tax rates. there is still no movement on this issue. of course the clock is ticking. there's not a whole lot of time left to get a deal done. and as you pointed out, house speaker john boehner, harry reid also preparing conferences to potentially work through the holidays. that is a tactic to some extent, but it is still an indication that as of right now, there's really no deal in sight. >> right. and now today speaker boehner said the president's plan has absolutely no chance on this hill. take a listen to this. >> the president's called for $1.4 trillion worth of revenue. that cannot pass the house or the senate. and if you look at -- if you look at our budget, we have no new revenue in our budget. the president had $1.6 trillion worth of new revenue. >> so he says it's never going to happen. but the president says he's confident speaker boehner will ultimately cave. a
as you know president obama and john boehner spoke on the phone yesterday. sources on both sides are describing that phone conversation as tense in large part because of this issue over the tax rates. there is still no movement on this issue. of course the clock is ticking. there's not a whole lot of time left to get a deal done. and as you pointed out, house speaker john boehner, harry reid also preparing conferences to potentially work through the holidays. that is a tactic to some extent,...
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. >> creating jobs -- >> reporter: president obama and house speaker john boehner spoke on the phone wednesday but publicly are holding firm on their positions. the white house has made clear the country could go over the cliff if republicans refuse to raise taxes on the top 2% of american earners. >> to do that to 98% of the american people, because of an insistence that the wealthiest americans get a tax cut would be profoundly wrong. >> reporter: republican leaders say they will close loopholes and eliminate tax breaks but bush-era tax cuts must be extended to all americans. >> reporter: the standoff and debt concerns ryan. so much so, that he is the guy if the suit dancing gangnam style with former senator alan simpson. the group the can kicks back is working to get young people involved in fixing the debt crisis. >> we are trying to connect with our generation in a different way using humor to hook them in and get them to learn about this issue and understand how it affects their lives. >> reporter: the grassroots campaign wants to sign up more than 2 million people to push pres
. >> creating jobs -- >> reporter: president obama and house speaker john boehner spoke on the phone wednesday but publicly are holding firm on their positions. the white house has made clear the country could go over the cliff if republicans refuse to raise taxes on the top 2% of american earners. >> to do that to 98% of the american people, because of an insistence that the wealthiest americans get a tax cut would be profoundly wrong. >> reporter: republican leaders...
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obama, the same thing. secondly, once they come to a deal it should be written down and put online so that every single american for seven days can read it so we don't get tapped where they come in and say sign this right away, emergency, emergency, emergency, and people grow to something they haven't read, as long as we have those two things there won't be a bad deal. >>eric: conservative columnist bill kristol said even the tea party is okay if you just raise taxes on people earning over $1 million. do you grow or disagree? >>guest: that is silly. he speaks to many issues well, but to this issue, no. >>eric: thank you, grove norquist. tomorrow, neil cavuto is hosting a thanksgiving though and why this fiscal cliff issue is so important to american workers, to american jobs, and, then, decide not lawmakers should keep their, it is not about red and not about blue but green, your money, don't miss the special at 4:00 eastern. >> you may want to escape from someone, it is not too late to bring thanksgiving t
obama, the same thing. secondly, once they come to a deal it should be written down and put online so that every single american for seven days can read it so we don't get tapped where they come in and say sign this right away, emergency, emergency, emergency, and people grow to something they haven't read, as long as we have those two things there won't be a bad deal. >>eric: conservative columnist bill kristol said even the tea party is okay if you just raise taxes on people earning...
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he delivered the plan to speaker boehner, a plan pretty much identical to the one president obama just won the election on. you might have thought that would have been leading, the problem would have been solved. not so much. >> flabbergasted. i looked at him, you can't be serious. i've just never seen anything like it. >> so when you said you wanted to be led, you just wanted a plan, that was a joke? so the white house agreed, then, no more leading, that was not what their partners in the house of representatives wanted. instead, white house and boehner entered into intense lengthy negotiations. and by the end of them they seemed really close to a deal. the white house had agreed to cut their tax ask by about 400 billion, to increase their spending cuts by another 400 billion and only ask for about half as much stimulus. they moved toward boehner by more than a trillion dollars. that was a lot of concessions from the team that had just won the election big. and they made them because they thought boehner was ready to say yes, the fiscal cliff would be averted, we'd have a good christm
he delivered the plan to speaker boehner, a plan pretty much identical to the one president obama just won the election on. you might have thought that would have been leading, the problem would have been solved. not so much. >> flabbergasted. i looked at him, you can't be serious. i've just never seen anything like it. >> so when you said you wanted to be led, you just wanted a plan, that was a joke? so the white house agreed, then, no more leading, that was not what their partners...
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and obama strike to their respective rank and file. today, boehner will meet with house republicans after making an offer on friday to raise tax rates pore those that make above $1 million. yesterday the president count countered with expiration of bush tax rates for incomes over $400,000. that's the first time the president has budged on the $250,000 figure. in exchange, the white house is offering what it claims is $1.2 trillion in spending cuts. but that's under dispute by the republicans because they include $400 billion cuts to health spending, $200 billion in nonhealth mandatory cuts and $200 billion in discretionary cuts. the plan would save monies by adjusting the way a lot of benefits are dealt with including social security and how it's calculated, the so-called consumer price index. but the white house counts $290 billion of saved interest and republicans who want a one to one ratio of tax hooits hikes to spending cuts are not happy with that last fact. michael speel released a statement saying any movement away from the unr
and obama strike to their respective rank and file. today, boehner will meet with house republicans after making an offer on friday to raise tax rates pore those that make above $1 million. yesterday the president count countered with expiration of bush tax rates for incomes over $400,000. that's the first time the president has budged on the $250,000 figure. in exchange, the white house is offering what it claims is $1.2 trillion in spending cuts. but that's under dispute by the republicans...
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president obama and speaker of the house, john boehner, decided to take charge together. they dismissed other members of their parties, saying they will hammer it out together, try to move the deal forward. >>> and also today, encouraging new jobs report. employers added 146,000 jobs last month, defying the predictions and the disruption of hurricane sandy. the unemployment rate fell to 7.7%, that's the lowest level in four years. but tonight, 12 million americans are still unemployed. and the new jobs number, the fiscal cliff, all of it will be on the table when george stephanopoulos sits down with a turbocharged powerhouse round table. james carville, mary matalin and nobel prize-winning economist paul krugman, on sunday for "this week." >>> and now, we go overseas to syria, where people are fleeing amid fears that the assad regime will unleash chemical weapons. the region around the capital, damascus, now a battle zone. 2 million syrians now on the run, many of them children. and it is extremely difficult for journalists to enter that country and cover the chaos. but a
president obama and speaker of the house, john boehner, decided to take charge together. they dismissed other members of their parties, saying they will hammer it out together, try to move the deal forward. >>> and also today, encouraging new jobs report. employers added 146,000 jobs last month, defying the predictions and the disruption of hurricane sandy. the unemployment rate fell to 7.7%, that's the lowest level in four years. but tonight, 12 million americans are still unemployed....
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gerri: a lot call obama moves more campaigning. one of the questions that's not answered, and bowles brought it up today. he says democrats have to move on entitlements. should entitlements be a part of the conversation? >> oh, i think they absolutely have to be a part of the conversation. you know, if you look at what's happened to spending over the last five or six years, and we know what's going to happen over the next 20-30 years, it's going to go up including federal spending as a share of gdp because of the relentless demographics. this is all about health care spending, not just entitlements, but the biggest share of the budget which is all of those programs starting with medicare and medicaid. you can't get out of it without dealing with those, a and bowles is absolutely right. gerri: long way to go. thanks for coming on. appreciate your time. >> sure. thank you. gerri: as a reminder, the revenue from the bush tax cuts would generate just $82.4 billion a year, enough to run the government for five days. as president obama p
gerri: a lot call obama moves more campaigning. one of the questions that's not answered, and bowles brought it up today. he says democrats have to move on entitlements. should entitlements be a part of the conversation? >> oh, i think they absolutely have to be a part of the conversation. you know, if you look at what's happened to spending over the last five or six years, and we know what's going to happen over the next 20-30 years, it's going to go up including federal spending as a...
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president obama is calling on congress to craft at least a minimal deal and confident both sides will come to an agreement. this week, republicans rejected an alternative tax plan by speaker john boehner, that would have prevented taxes from rising on income under one million a year. well, there's a new law getting ugly for the good looking. iowa supreme court bosses can legally fire anybody they see as an irresisttable atraction, he fired her because he felt she was attraction to his fidelity to his wife. >> neil: get ready for new fees to fly in the new year. from southwest airlines. you miss a flight and don't cancel your discount ticket, you're going to pay up. overweight bags get ready to lighten up your wallet more. if you're overweight get ready to be killed. just-- (laughter) southwest says it needs the money. what about letting us keep them. >> it's so ridiculous and makes me so-- the airlines fees are like tattoos, never ever go away they just go up, up, up, up. >> neil: that depends where the tattoos are. i do. >> and american airlines is-- >> sorry. >> that was really. >>
president obama is calling on congress to craft at least a minimal deal and confident both sides will come to an agreement. this week, republicans rejected an alternative tax plan by speaker john boehner, that would have prevented taxes from rising on income under one million a year. well, there's a new law getting ugly for the good looking. iowa supreme court bosses can legally fire anybody they see as an irresisttable atraction, he fired her because he felt she was attraction to his fidelity...
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at that point i wouldn't be surprised if president obama, john boehner, and other key folks are actually locked up somewhere in maybe camp david, maybe at the white house. that's when the big talks will start. not now but in the next couple of weeks. >> back to the power move as it's described by speaker boehner. who are the strongest allies. we've seen paul ryan all but vanish here other than when we put the picture up on the committee and who is on it. who are the allies supporting speaker boehner that are team players? >> there was a criticism in the suspicion about a year ago that even some of john boehner's top deputies weren't always on board. that came about during the debt ceiling debate of 2011 where there was a lot of suspicion where eric cantor the house majority leader was on the same page with house speaker john boehner. right now as we see it seems like the republican leadership is completely unified, and that does end up bolstering john boehner's ability to make a deal or enforce discipline with the party. >> very interesting. thank you very much. governors who met with th
at that point i wouldn't be surprised if president obama, john boehner, and other key folks are actually locked up somewhere in maybe camp david, maybe at the white house. that's when the big talks will start. not now but in the next couple of weeks. >> back to the power move as it's described by speaker boehner. who are the strongest allies. we've seen paul ryan all but vanish here other than when we put the picture up on the committee and who is on it. who are the allies supporting...
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he comes in here and he will talk to boehner he won't talk with other republicans. he hasn't built the trust. >> we don't know how much is going to be in our paychecks next week whether that small business might hire us. whether we can pay our mortgages chs leaders talk to each other get to the bottom of the problem and don't blame others and kick the can down the road. >> i do believe the president doesn't work hard enough bringing everybody into the white house rolling up his sleeves, getting him around the table saying how do we get this deal done? give a little something. show good faith about what needs to be done on deficit reduction and entitlement program. >> this isn't rocket science. politicians have to agree on a mix of tax increases and spending cuts. instead it seems more a game of hide and seek, a gotcha game about who is going to get blamed in the end. what is already agreed to is federal employees will get a half point to one percent pay raise this year. it is no wonder congressional approval ratings is at 18 percent. the performance by the people re
he comes in here and he will talk to boehner he won't talk with other republicans. he hasn't built the trust. >> we don't know how much is going to be in our paychecks next week whether that small business might hire us. whether we can pay our mortgages chs leaders talk to each other get to the bottom of the problem and don't blame others and kick the can down the road. >> i do believe the president doesn't work hard enough bringing everybody into the white house rolling up his...
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speaker john boehner has a plan. >> i continue to have hope we can reach a broader agreement with the white house that would reduce spending as well as revenues on the table. >> greta: what is president obama's plan? rush limbaugh says it's a secret plan to decimate the republican party. here's rush limbaugh. >> the president, who will have engineered all of this, will then be able to steal from the republicans that which they are known for, a strong defense and low taxes. and in the process the president and his party will effectively decimate the republican party. that will make a lot of people very happy. hollywood, warren buffett, oprah, david letterman, you know, all your favorite people. what boehner is trying to do -- i don't know it's going to work, but i think offering this million dollar umbrella is essentially taking the revenue issue off the table by agreeing to it, and then the efforts to focus the democrats on spending. now dinghy hairy, the wiley old coyote here has refused to be trapped. the house bill will not protect middle class families because it can't pass both h
speaker john boehner has a plan. >> i continue to have hope we can reach a broader agreement with the white house that would reduce spending as well as revenues on the table. >> greta: what is president obama's plan? rush limbaugh says it's a secret plan to decimate the republican party. here's rush limbaugh. >> the president, who will have engineered all of this, will then be able to steal from the republicans that which they are known for, a strong defense and low taxes. and...
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if reagan and o'neill could do it, obama and boehner should be able to do it. >> it's the right approach, the one most beneficial for our economy, that protects the middle class and strengthens it and creates ladders of opportunity for those who aspire to the middle, to get there. >> it's time for the president to present a plan that rises above the reckless and radical voices on the hard left, that goes beyond the talking points of the campaign trail, and that has a realistic chance of passing the congress. the time, in other words, for campaigning is over. it's time for the president to lead. >> when you're $16 trillion in debt, the only pledge we should be making to each other is to avoid becoming greece. and republicans should put revenue on the table. so i agree we shouldn't raise rates, but grover is wrong when it comes to we can't cap deductions and buy down debt. what do you do with the money? i will violate the pledge, long story short, for the good of the country, only if democrats will do entitlement reform. >> greta: and senator lindsey graham joins us. before we get to the f
if reagan and o'neill could do it, obama and boehner should be able to do it. >> it's the right approach, the one most beneficial for our economy, that protects the middle class and strengthens it and creates ladders of opportunity for those who aspire to the middle, to get there. >> it's time for the president to present a plan that rises above the reckless and radical voices on the hard left, that goes beyond the talking points of the campaign trail, and that has a realistic...
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peter: president obama and john boehner in front of cameras to make their cases in the battle over the fiscal cliff. the speaker said he is willing to move forward with negotiations in good faith after republicans rejected the president's first formal offer yesterday as being short on spending cuts, but it doesn't sound like anyone has put the brakes on the road to the coin. >> let's not kid ourselves. i am not trying to make this more difficult. i have been very guarded. i don't want to make it harder for me or the president or members of both parties to find common ground. >> this is not some run-of-the-mill debate, not about which political party can come out on top in negotiations and all of us get out of our comfort zones to make that happen. i am willing to do at and i am hopeful enough members of congress in both parties are willing to do that as well. >> the president's plan repeat his demand for $1.6 trillion over ten years on families making $250,000 a year and includes $400 billion in cuts, savings in medicare and medicaid and other entitlements over the same period. the pre
peter: president obama and john boehner in front of cameras to make their cases in the battle over the fiscal cliff. the speaker said he is willing to move forward with negotiations in good faith after republicans rejected the president's first formal offer yesterday as being short on spending cuts, but it doesn't sound like anyone has put the brakes on the road to the coin. >> let's not kid ourselves. i am not trying to make this more difficult. i have been very guarded. i don't want to...
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melissa: so president obama and house speaker boehner both saying that all our lawmakers need to put their differences aside and work across the aisle to prevent us from falling off the fiscal cliff. i don't know. sounds like a lot of talk to me. remains to be seen whether both sides can really work together and if the partisan bickering will go on and lead us straight over the edge. here for more on this one, there you go, that's how much time we have, dennis kelleher, ceo of financial watchdog organization, better markets. what's going happen? >> happy friday, melissa. melissa: yes. >> you know what i think will happen have appearance of lot of partisan bickering just under the surface of a lot of conciliatory talk. but i think there will be some hard negotiation going on here. and i think that ultimately the adults will control and you will see some serious compromises being done but people have to get there in the political process that unfortunately forces them to the extremes, rather than to being responsible compromises. melissa: does everybody have to go to the extreme right
melissa: so president obama and house speaker boehner both saying that all our lawmakers need to put their differences aside and work across the aisle to prevent us from falling off the fiscal cliff. i don't know. sounds like a lot of talk to me. remains to be seen whether both sides can really work together and if the partisan bickering will go on and lead us straight over the edge. here for more on this one, there you go, that's how much time we have, dennis kelleher, ceo of financial...
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that means eric cantor and john boehner are going to stop anything that obama is going to try to do if he gets elected for a second term. that's the key focus. obama is not running with the congressional democrats. he didn't even mention them in his speech in charlotte. this is a politically selfish campaign because he knows he can't get anything done unless the democrats -- >> i've got to let that -- i wish we could do the whole hour -- >> too simple, ralph. great ideas, but too simple. >> carl bernstein, rana, ralph nader, thanks for all of you. and we'll be right back 37. 7. . . >>> mitt romney isn't just reconsidering his comments about the 47%. he's also talking about the nation's top 1%. >> the rich in this country are actually doing better under president obama. the gap between the rich and the poor has gotten larger. the rich will probably do fine even if he's re-elected. >> joining me to talk about this ongoing fight over the 99% versus the 1%, digital editor at thompson reuters, krista freeland. it's good to see you. you wrote this fantastic article in the new yorker. i thoug
that means eric cantor and john boehner are going to stop anything that obama is going to try to do if he gets elected for a second term. that's the key focus. obama is not running with the congressional democrats. he didn't even mention them in his speech in charlotte. this is a politically selfish campaign because he knows he can't get anything done unless the democrats -- >> i've got to let that -- i wish we could do the whole hour -- >> too simple, ralph. great ideas, but too...
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boehner was elected speaker. now lame duck obama should get over it. first of all, boehner wasn't elected peeker. and he's also implying that the president doesn't have a mandate. it's the president and the democrats who won the election. the president won by 5 million votes. democrats expanded their majority in the senate and the house democrats earned 1.4 34i8on votes than the gop candidates. boehner is e let the record reflect elected by the republican caucus. this is what makes me not know what they'll do. >> when i said in the top of the show, who's pulling thestri ini are the big donors. these people don't care if we go over the fiscal deadline. that's why they're so cavalier about it. they are trying to redistribute this country's wealth along the lines of more fuel for the wealthy. i think we've got to resist this because what they're trying to do is really make it so that the average american worker is cost competitive with the average chinese worker. we can't have that. we've got to have a society that really reflects the true wealth of the w
boehner was elected speaker. now lame duck obama should get over it. first of all, boehner wasn't elected peeker. and he's also implying that the president doesn't have a mandate. it's the president and the democrats who won the election. the president won by 5 million votes. democrats expanded their majority in the senate and the house democrats earned 1.4 34i8on votes than the gop candidates. boehner is e let the record reflect elected by the republican caucus. this is what makes me not know...
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. >> a meeting between obama and speaker boehner lasted 45 minutes late this morning trying to work out a deal on the fiscal cliff. he did not work with reporters after the face to face session with obama. the key moments came in a phone call friday when they had tax rates for those making $1 million. the white house is pushing tax rates for those making more than 250,000 dollars. the components of a deal according to sources close to boehner is 1 trillion on a cut one in revenue. the legislative process through next year can you included payroll tax cuts and tax extenders. increasing it with president obama wanted it as part of a fiscal cliff deal. it would require cuts and reforms of a greater amount but the white house spokesman didn't get into too many specifics but made a pitch for more tax revenue. >> the president believes in the parameters of potential agreement with clear. it is also the case that we have not seen a proposal besides the presidents that achieved the balance the president exists be part of the deal. >> heritage action are hammering house republicans for negotiati
. >> a meeting between obama and speaker boehner lasted 45 minutes late this morning trying to work out a deal on the fiscal cliff. he did not work with reporters after the face to face session with obama. the key moments came in a phone call friday when they had tax rates for those making $1 million. the white house is pushing tax rates for those making more than 250,000 dollars. the components of a deal according to sources close to boehner is 1 trillion on a cut one in revenue. the...
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. >>> the boehner isaddress that fiscal cliff issue today. will this divided congress be to reach a partisan deal? emanuel cleaver is going to join me to talk about that. here's an interesting tidbit. president obama is the first democrat to win an electioneld on november 6th. republicans won the six previous d you think about this. president obama's decisive victory, what does this say about the state of the gop? tweet me y our thoughts. find me on twitter @thomasaroberts. "= [ male announcer ] humana and walmart have teamed up to bring you a low-priced medicare prescription drug plan.♪ ♪ l plan premium... ♪ ♪ ...and copays as low as one dollar... ♪ ♪ ...saving on your medicare prescriptions is easy.♪ ♪ the things that really matter. call humana at 1-800-808-4003. or go to walmart.com for details. = ÷s wanna see me get some great deals? it's a new way to get cash back deals i sign into my online banking... click the "cash ck and pick the deals i want.redit card when i pay, and then i get up to 15% cash back -- put into my ac
. >>> the boehner isaddress that fiscal cliff issue today. will this divided congress be to reach a partisan deal? emanuel cleaver is going to join me to talk about that. here's an interesting tidbit. president obama is the first democrat to win an electioneld on november 6th. republicans won the six previous d you think about this. president obama's decisive victory, what does this say about the state of the gop? tweet me y our thoughts. find me on twitter @thomasaroberts. "= [...
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boehner said he has to bypass talks with the white house and hold a vote on his plan now because the president's latest fiscal cliff proposal still isn't balanced between taxes and cuts. what is your definition of a balanced deal? does it have to be dollar for dollar spending cuts? >> most people would agree that that's balanced. >> can it just be close to that? or does it have to be exactly equal? >> we do not have a balanced plan when the president is called for $1.3 trillion in revenue and only willing to put $850 billion worth of cuts over ten years. >> reporter: democrats call boehner's plan "b" a farce, that undermines delicate negotiations. senate leader harry reid. >> it can't pass the senate and it doesn't do anything. >> reporter: the president's latest proposal yesterday dropped an extension of the payroll tax cut and so even if most working americans don't see an increase in their tax rates next year, scott, they could still see an in crease in their tax bill of about a thousand dollars for the average worker. >> pelley: thank you, nancy. emergency workers who responded t
boehner said he has to bypass talks with the white house and hold a vote on his plan now because the president's latest fiscal cliff proposal still isn't balanced between taxes and cuts. what is your definition of a balanced deal? does it have to be dollar for dollar spending cuts? >> most people would agree that that's balanced. >> can it just be close to that? or does it have to be exactly equal? >> we do not have a balanced plan when the president is called for $1.3...
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and boehner has demonstrated over the last few years he is not one of them. >>neil: so i talked to a republican congressman earlier with was nervous about creeding -- ceding this, and he is annoyed, like you, so what happens? this is another theory that the president wanted this to blow up so they can pick from the pieces in the new year and stick it on the republicans. >>guest: let me tell you something, if this blows up, it will blow up on everyone. the truth is, he is president of the united states, he ran to the be leaders of the free world. he ran to be in charge of the economy. the fact of the matter at the end of the day it will be his fingerprints and negotiations have to stop panicking and stop negotiations in public and stop surrendering the principles if boehner felt there should be revenue increases wait to talk to the president do not go on abc news, or abc news and talking about how obamacare is wrong and we are prepared to do revenue increases. that wasn't the decision of the election. harry reid is out this talking about 19 trillion or $20 tri
and boehner has demonstrated over the last few years he is not one of them. >>neil: so i talked to a republican congressman earlier with was nervous about creeding -- ceding this, and he is annoyed, like you, so what happens? this is another theory that the president wanted this to blow up so they can pick from the pieces in the new year and stick it on the republicans. >>guest: let me tell you something, if this blows up, it will blow up on everyone. the truth is, he is president...
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the call unlike the night when president obama called john boehner on election day and john boehner didn't answer his call. i think that you have to have both parties willing to engage with each other and talk to each other. looking back at the 1980s, for example, when ronald reagan was president and tip o'neill was speaker of the house, they didn't agree but they sit down and talk and negotiate and compromise and today's republican party so hijacked by the right wing they're incapable of agreement. >> let's put aside the right wing here. we know that speaker boehner purged some of those seen as not being team players within his own party and we'll discuss the fact he's taken a hit for that. beyond the right wing or whatever you have numbers. you have exit polling. you have pew research poll that shows where the american people stand. if all of the people are there to represent us, meaning the people who are watching right now and the panel included here, we are all americans, we pay taxes, then why isn't this work getting done? >> well, just look at speaker boehner's fiscal cliff p
the call unlike the night when president obama called john boehner on election day and john boehner didn't answer his call. i think that you have to have both parties willing to engage with each other and talk to each other. looking back at the 1980s, for example, when ronald reagan was president and tip o'neill was speaker of the house, they didn't agree but they sit down and talk and negotiate and compromise and today's republican party so hijacked by the right wing they're incapable of...
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boehner needs to get a told of this pr machine and paint obama as the one who is holding the country hostage. he wants to talk about holding the middle class hostage. no, it's him holding the entire country hostage and our kids hostage to his reckless spending and cynical refusal to enter the entitlement reform game. >> i don't even want to hear more about taxes. juan, shaking your head. >> i hear you, gentlemen. you guys are wonderful. merry christmas. but sean you said hyperpartisanship, and david talks about inflexibility. you know, and i'm thinking to myself, gee, where have i seen this before? i see it on the republican side, and i think most of the american people when you look he about policy, i'm not just -- >> tell me where obama is giving in this debate at all. he said he wanted to find a middle ground. where has he reached out to republicans? can you tell me. >> sure, i'm going to do it on your terms. he's already cut more than $1 trillion in spending in this budget. >> no. >> smoke and mirrors. >> he has to deal with debt -- >> $6 trillion now obama debt. >> juan, can you
boehner needs to get a told of this pr machine and paint obama as the one who is holding the country hostage. he wants to talk about holding the middle class hostage. no, it's him holding the entire country hostage and our kids hostage to his reckless spending and cynical refusal to enter the entitlement reform game. >> i don't even want to hear more about taxes. juan, shaking your head. >> i hear you, gentlemen. you guys are wonderful. merry christmas. but sean you said...
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. >>> casper, deep blue, bird, jordan, mcenroe, coners, boehner, obama. it is friday, december 7th, this is "now." >> joining me today, chief economic correspondent for politico ben white, editor at large for salon.com, joe walsh, queen bee and editing manager of the grio.com, and buzz fooeds.com ben smith. the labor department delivered a december surprise, which might just alter the debate over the fiscal cliff. despite predictions of stalled job creation in november in superstorm sandy and looming fiscal cliff, the nation added 146,000 jobs last month, and unemployment ticked down to 7.7%. while november's figures are higher than expected, september and october were revised down 16 and 33,000 jobs respectively. chief economists for moody's analytics mark zandi cautions november may see a downward revision but the numbers are a good sign. >> bottom line, feels like the job market is holding firm in the face of sandy and fiscal cliff concerns, so that's good news. >> surprising exactly no one, the white house and republicans had different spin on the num
. >>> casper, deep blue, bird, jordan, mcenroe, coners, boehner, obama. it is friday, december 7th, this is "now." >> joining me today, chief economic correspondent for politico ben white, editor at large for salon.com, joe walsh, queen bee and editing manager of the grio.com, and buzz fooeds.com ben smith. the labor department delivered a december surprise, which might just alter the debate over the fiscal cliff. despite predictions of stalled job creation in november...
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." ♪ ♪ >> andrea: 32 days until the nation is set to go over so-called fiscal cliff and president obama is still in campaign mode. in hatfield, pennsylvania, the president was demonizing republicans -- shocker. meanwhile, house speaker john boehner seems willing to negotiate, as long as it's in good faith. >> it's not acceptable to me and i don't think it's accept to believe you for a handful of republicans in congress to hold middle class tax cuts hostage because they don't want tax rates on upper income folks to go up. >> let's not kid ourselves. i'm willing to move forward in good faith. our original framework still stands. >> andrea: the republican leader mitch mcconnell said he burst in laughter when tim geithner outlined the president's plan. what's next? rush limbaugh and charles krauthammer want republicans to walk away and let obama own the mess. >> the best thing to do is back out of this and let obama and democrats have it and do what you want to do. that will happen anyway. i don't know about you, i don't want my fingerprints on this. >> this is almost unheard of. what do th
." ♪ ♪ >> andrea: 32 days until the nation is set to go over so-called fiscal cliff and president obama is still in campaign mode. in hatfield, pennsylvania, the president was demonizing republicans -- shocker. meanwhile, house speaker john boehner seems willing to negotiate, as long as it's in good faith. >> it's not acceptable to me and i don't think it's accept to believe you for a handful of republicans in congress to hold middle class tax cuts hostage because they...
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that means eric cantor and john boehner are going to stop anything that obama is going to try to do if he gets elected for a second term. that's the key focus. obama is not running with the congressional democrats. he didn't even mention them in his speech in charlotte. this is a politically selfish campaign because he knows he can't get anything done unless the democrats -- >> i've got to let that -- i wish we could do the whole hour -- >> too simple, ralph. great ideas, but too simple. >> carl bernstein, rana, ralph nader, thanks for all of you. and we'll be right back 37. 7. . . [ horn honks ] [ male announcer ] you start your day... love you, too. ...thinking about what's important to you -- your family... ...the mortgage... the kids' college tuition. [ cellphone ringing ] but life insurance? [ horn honking ] life is unpredictable. that's why at fidelity life we want you to think about term life insurance -- taking care of your family's future expenses if something happens to you. it's easy. we get to know you and your needs, then give you our best quote and our competitors'. you c
that means eric cantor and john boehner are going to stop anything that obama is going to try to do if he gets elected for a second term. that's the key focus. obama is not running with the congressional democrats. he didn't even mention them in his speech in charlotte. this is a politically selfish campaign because he knows he can't get anything done unless the democrats -- >> i've got to let that -- i wish we could do the whole hour -- >> too simple, ralph. great ideas, but too...
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a final note, president obama tote formally notified house speaker john boehner of military deployment of yemen and libya, saying the groups are armed for combat but expect it will be a precautionary measure. >> bret: james rosen live at the state department. thank you. of course, the worst of the attacks was against the consulate in libya over the past few days. four americans were killed. including the ambassador. today, they came home. here is senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler. >> reporter: in solemn ceremony, bodies of ambassador chris stevens and three other americans killed in the attack on the benghazi consulate returned to this country. president and secretary of state attended, the victim family members asked not to be shown. mrs. clinton said the four americans gave their lives for the country and the values. the deaths are a loss for the arab spring. >> the people of egypt, libya, yemen and tunisia did not trade the tyranny of a dictator for tyranny of a mob. >> meanwhile, as violent protesters of the anti-islam film spread to u.s. missions in ot
a final note, president obama tote formally notified house speaker john boehner of military deployment of yemen and libya, saying the groups are armed for combat but expect it will be a precautionary measure. >> bret: james rosen live at the state department. thank you. of course, the worst of the attacks was against the consulate in libya over the past few days. four americans were killed. including the ambassador. today, they came home. here is senior white house foreign affairs...
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and in it, they quoted this exchange between speaker boehner and president obama. mr. boehner said he wanted to deal along the lines what the two men had negotiated, summer of 2011, in the fight over raising the debt ceiling. "you missed your opportunity on that," the president told him. cold. but what we know right now, what we know from that is that john boehner wishes he could go back in time, get in the time machine, go back to 2011, and get the deal that president obama offered him then. mr. boehner wants another bite at that 2011 deal, because back then, the president was offering to stop at $800 billion in new taxes. my prediction here right now is that in a few weeks or a few months, republicans are going to wish they could go back to 2012, right now, and get the deal president obama offered them a week ago, which only raised about $1.2 trillion in taxes. because here's what i think is going to happen now. if we get a small deal before we go over the fiscal cliff, either because harry reid and mitch mcconnell come to a deal in the senate, or because democrats j
and in it, they quoted this exchange between speaker boehner and president obama. mr. boehner said he wanted to deal along the lines what the two men had negotiated, summer of 2011, in the fight over raising the debt ceiling. "you missed your opportunity on that," the president told him. cold. but what we know right now, what we know from that is that john boehner wishes he could go back in time, get in the time machine, go back to 2011, and get the deal that president obama offered...
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different messages for north and south ohio in the south which is more conservative and that is john boehner country, obama stresses bipartisanship and mitt romney talks tough and brands the presidential's first term a failure. in northern ohio where unions stronger and the auto bailout is more popular, mitt romney plays up his experience working across the aisle as governor of massachusetts and the president will flex his muscles. look for that speech today. >>shepard: what is the campaigning saying about why they went to wisconsin? >>reporter: an important senate race and a battleground state, and the former hhs secretary beating tommy thompson and keeping the senate in democratic hands is important to avoid total gridlock. but even in mississippi he saves punches for romney. >> in this campaign mitt romney has tried to repackage the same old bad ideas and make them out to be new ideas. and try to convince you he is all about change, that the bad old ideas are change. we know what change looks like. >>reporter: this is a battle of the band, kid rock will place for mitt romney and the boss
different messages for north and south ohio in the south which is more conservative and that is john boehner country, obama stresses bipartisanship and mitt romney talks tough and brands the presidential's first term a failure. in northern ohio where unions stronger and the auto bailout is more popular, mitt romney plays up his experience working across the aisle as governor of massachusetts and the president will flex his muscles. look for that speech today. >>shepard: what is the...
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both president obama and speaker boehner have already begun to do a principle compromise. speaker boehner said i'm ready to raise taxes on those over a million dollars. president obama said i'm ready to have a new type of chain to consumer price index which -- impacts entitlement reform. the bipartisan national debt commission, simpson-bowles commission, said for every dollar of spending reduction, including the entitlement reform we immediate to have $1 in tax revenue. that's the principle compromise we have to have. so they are not far off. what we have to have is very simple. $4 trillion in debt reduction by this one-third, two-third division. because that gives us a sustainable debt to gdp ratio so the economy can go booming again. so i believe those two men have the economies of our nation best at heart and have to come a little closer and a little $500 billion sounds like a lot. $2.5 trillion. we have to do both to have a principled come prom nice quickly, both of you, i start with you, do you think something gets done in the next few days? >> i'm afraid say that i d
both president obama and speaker boehner have already begun to do a principle compromise. speaker boehner said i'm ready to raise taxes on those over a million dollars. president obama said i'm ready to have a new type of chain to consumer price index which -- impacts entitlement reform. the bipartisan national debt commission, simpson-bowles commission, said for every dollar of spending reduction, including the entitlement reform we immediate to have $1 in tax revenue. that's the principle...
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. >> chris: president obama and speaker boehner sounding upbeat about prospects to cut a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. after the panel and congressional leaders met at the white house, rhetoric was reassuring. the question is: is it real? do you get a sense, bob, this is the subject of your new book, that they do see or beginning to see a path to compromise or are they trying to reassure the nervous consumers before the christmas holidays? nervous investors because the stock market has gone down 1,000 points. >> symp nervous about this. the next six weeks could be the six weeks that shook the united states if they don't fix this. there is clearly a new move. the way they will this is hostage exchange. otherwise, republicans are determined not to let the tax rate goes up. the president is determined or is determined to get more revenue. and it's possible to do this. and the president is going along with some idea of entitlement reform that we are going to actually cut spending. this is really -- they are going to have to -- they are lagerhead on the tax issue. i'm not sure how they fi
. >> chris: president obama and speaker boehner sounding upbeat about prospects to cut a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. after the panel and congressional leaders met at the white house, rhetoric was reassuring. the question is: is it real? do you get a sense, bob, this is the subject of your new book, that they do see or beginning to see a path to compromise or are they trying to reassure the nervous consumers before the christmas holidays? nervous investors because the stock market has...
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and certainly with john boehner. i think that's been part of the problem with the paralysis in washington. >> i think he's got three big problems. one, elections have never been about the past. they are always about the future. two, you can blame congress but only about 8% of the public actually likes them. so i don't know who you're convincing. they have a terrible reputation. and three, the country is starving for presidential leadership. so to stand there and say i -- it's everybody else's fault is an admission that he was too weak to do anything about it in four years. and that may work in rallying his base. your base is usually loyal. they almost always come home to you, but it will not reassemble the coalition that delivered his historic victory four years ago. >> having said that, i don't see a lot in mitt romney's rhetoric about the economy which says to me the republican party collectively has really got to grips with what they dope did so badly wrong before and what they need to do differently now. >> fair
and certainly with john boehner. i think that's been part of the problem with the paralysis in washington. >> i think he's got three big problems. one, elections have never been about the past. they are always about the future. two, you can blame congress but only about 8% of the public actually likes them. so i don't know who you're convincing. they have a terrible reputation. and three, the country is starving for presidential leadership. so to stand there and say i -- it's everybody...
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. >> i can report now that all of the leaders from senator reid on the democratic side to speaker boehner for the republicans obviously they didn't go to the cameras after the this meeting here with president obama. that would not be good signs. >> whatever we come up with is going to be imperfect. not people aren't going to like it. some people will like it less. >> this is a total derelectino due of duty at every level. >> try and get at least a small package, at least a small deal together before the new year. >> if we don't have a deal within the next 24 hours, the question is where do you buy a pair of shoes? >> greta: senator bob corker joins us. you said it is a total dereliction of duty at every level. >> we still haven't even behe gun to deal with the issues causing the fiscal insolvent say we are facing and that is the entitlements. nothing has been discussed. it is not on o the table. we are not going to deal with it this year. it will be the issue we deal with running into the debt ceiling around mid march to the economy will continue to have a pail over it because we have not
. >> i can report now that all of the leaders from senator reid on the democratic side to speaker boehner for the republicans obviously they didn't go to the cameras after the this meeting here with president obama. that would not be good signs. >> whatever we come up with is going to be imperfect. not people aren't going to like it. some people will like it less. >> this is a total derelectino due of duty at every level. >> try and get at least a small package, at least...
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but remember that speaker boehner has the harder job because president obama can make a decision. speaker boehner has to make a decision that is going to go through 435-member congress. and -- >> if you split -- i'm just curious. if you split the difference. interesting what you said about president obama. you believe they both moved. they both have on a couple of significant points. raising taxes for boehner, throwing social security in. and their bases are not happy about it. if we literally took their plans and split it down the middle, could you envision yourself, and i know you can say there's details, but could you envision yourself supporting something like that about a trillion, $1.1 trillion in spending, in tax hikes, coupled with $1.1 trillion in spending cuts in some variation of that? >> i think if there is a balance of spending cuts that is in the same range as a tax issue that is on the higher level, higher than $200,000 for sure. i'd like to see it higher than $400,000 because i do think that we have a real tough time -- >> you could see like -- i know we're negotia
but remember that speaker boehner has the harder job because president obama can make a decision. speaker boehner has to make a decision that is going to go through 435-member congress. and -- >> if you split -- i'm just curious. if you split the difference. interesting what you said about president obama. you believe they both moved. they both have on a couple of significant points. raising taxes for boehner, throwing social security in. and their bases are not happy about it. if we...